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zip a file terminal

gzip test.txt

generate zip file terminal

zip -r directory.zip directory

zip file in terminal

echo "<h1><center> This will bve zipped</h2></center>" > index.html # create file 
cat index.html # just confirming the file is created and has content in it
zip index.zip index.html # this command will creaed a zipped version on the file index.html